The AZoM.com "Materials Thought Leaders" series is a selection of articles that cover the key technology areas where materials are making an impact and where they will make an increasing impact. All the articles are written by experts who have been invited as recognised leaders in their fields to provide a "state of the art" contribution.
The development of catalysts that are capable of polymerizing or copolymerizing functionalized vinyl monomers (CH2=CHX) by insertion mechanisms would enable the synthesis of new polyolefins with enhanced properties.
By Dr. Changle Chen
27 Nov 2011
The performance envelope of materials limits much of what technology can accomplish, better materials translate into cleaner, safer, and cheaper energy.
By Prof. Michael J. Demkowicz
7 Nov 2011
In this interview, Dr Gregory L Whiting of PARC, discusses recent developments and benefits in the low-cost volume fabrication of electronic devices using additive printing techniques.
By Dr Gregory L Whiting
14 Jul 2011
In this interview, Prof Richard Dronskowski, Chair of Solid-state and Quantum Chemistry at RWTH Aachen University tells us about the wonders of Magnetic Intermetallic Nitrides.
By Richard Dronskowski
29 Jun 2011
In this interview, Professor Oleg Ostrovski discusses the pyrometallurgical routes used in the commercial production of steel, aluminium, metallurgical silicon, manganese, chromium, titanium, and many other metals and alloys.
By Oleg Ostrovski
8 Jun 2011
Most organic polymers are insulators and are often used to isolate metallic conductors from other conducting materials.
By Professor Seth C. Rasmussen
14 Feb 2011
Microstructure Mining, as its name suggests, is the application of data mining concepts, used in many branches of science and engineering, to the analysis of materials microstructure.
By Professor Ian Nettleship
31 Jan 2011
Metallic glasses were borne out from rapid cooling experiments with binary metallic alloys in the late 1950s at the California Institute of Technology under the aegis of Pol Duwez. The idea was to quench molten metal mixtures very rapidly and thereby bypass crystallization of the liquid alloy.
By Professor Rainer J. Hebert
13 Dec 2010
Superconductors are a class of compounds which conduct electricity without resistance and are impermeable to magnetic flux below a critical temperature.
By Dr. Simon R. Hall
1 Dec 2010
Recent advancements in the field of nano-technology focused attention on developing materials with new and useful characteristics.
By Professor Emily M. Hunt
23 Nov 2010